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Anna Cangellaris

MOTION DESIGNER + ANIMATION DIRECTOR
Los Angeles, CA | annaxliza@gmail.com
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PROFILE

Motion designer and animation director with 10+ years of experience across branded motion, independent animation, title design, and experiential media. Combines visual development, typography, character, and timing to build distinct motion languages for agencies, brands, and filmmakers.


EXPERIENCE

    Independent Music Video - Animation Director + Motion Designer    2026
  • Conceived and produced a four-minute music video, leading the project from visual development and storyboards through animation, editing, compositing, and final delivery.


    Kalshi - Freelance Motion Designer     2025-2026
  • Design and animate brand motion for social campaigns, growth marketing, employee announcements, and digital content.
  • Adapt motion systems for NHL stadium displays, balancing legibility and impact across large-format screens and ribbonboards.


    DISTINC_ - Freelance Motion Designer     2025-2026
  • Animated campaign concepts promoting The Colburn School's Frank Gehry-designed campus expansion.
  • Developed motion systems for Turning Point Charter School's website from static brand layouts.


    MATTE Projects - Freelance Motion Designer + 2D Animator     2023-2025
  • Designed and animated work for Urban Decay, The Macallan, Genesis, and Jose Cuervo across live events, installations, sizzles, and social content.
  • Translated art direction, moodboards, and brand systems into polished motion assets in collaboration with creative, design, and production teams.


    Conscious Minds - Motion Designer     2021-2023
  • Created motion graphics, title design, and edited video content for multi-platform campaigns.
  • Developed cohesive motion language under fast timelines across concurrent projects.


    WarnerMedia / Adult Swim - Animation Director     2021
  • Conceived, directed, designed, and animated a broadcast ID for Teenage Euthanasia, from storyboards through final compositing.


SELECTED DIRECTION + INDEPENDENT WORK


    Hot Toddy - Animation Director + Production Designer     2022
  • Built an 18-minute animated pilot from screenplay through storyboards, character and background design, animation, color, and compositing; winner of Best Animation at SeriesFest.

    Sophie - Director + Animator     2018
  • Directed and animated a five-minute CalArts thesis film exploring transformation, doubles, and the uncanny.

TEACHING

  • Traditional and digital animation instruction at The New School, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and Sony Pictures Media Arts Program.


TOOLS

    After Effects / Premiere / Illustrator / Photoshop / Figma / Blender (basic) / Cinema 4D (basic)


EDUCATION

    California Institute of the Arts - MFA, Experimental Animation

    Rhode Island School of Design - BFA, Film / Animation / Video















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